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Sabrina Rodriguez / Washington Post:
Anti-Puerto Rico comments at Trump rally spur outrage as Bad Bunny supports Harris  —  The artist's gesture of support came as a number of speakers at a Trump event in New York made racist or disparaging comments about Puerto Ricans and other Latinos.  —  Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican recording artist …
Discussion: Associated Press and The Guardian
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Speaker at Trump rally compares Puerto Rico to ‘island of garbage’  —  A speaker at former President Trump's Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday spent a portion of his time attacking Puerto Rico, drawing backlash from Democrats and the Harris campaign.  —  Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe …
Alex Thompson / Axios:
MAGA speakers unleash ugly rhetoric at Trump's MSG rally … - The remarks at Trump's rally undermine his campaign's effort to soften the former president's image among voters who may like his policies but dislike his divisive and race-baiting rhetoric.
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Bad Bunny shares Kamala Harris's video on Puerto Rico on Instagram  —  Puerto Rican rapper and superstar Bad Bunny posted a video from Vice President Harris on his Instagram story Sunday.  —  In the video, Harris talks to Puerto Ricans, saying that “this election is not just a choice between Donald Trump …
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Hochul says Trump's Madison Square Garden rally is a ‘white flag of surrender’  —  New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said she thinks the Madison Square Garden rally former President Trump is hosting Sunday is a “white flag of surrender.”  —  “I think he's waving the white flag of surrender,” Hochul said Sunday on MSNBC's “The Weekend.”
Alec Hernández / NBC News:
As Trump courts their vote, comedian at his rally makes racist jokes about Latinos and Puerto Rico  —  Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made crude jokes about Latinos having babies and called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.”  —  As former President Donald Trump courts the community's vote …
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Billionaire cowards at Washington Post, L.A. Times show what life under a dictator is really like  —  Do not obey in advance.  Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given.  In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked.
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MSNBC:
‘Betrayal’: Marty Baron, former Washington Post editor, slams paper's non-endorsement  —  Jeff Bezos' decision to block the Washington Post's presidential endorsement has been met with a lot of strong reactions - including from the paper's own journalists and its legendary former Executive Editor Marty Baron.
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
Bezos faces criticism after executives met with Trump on day of Post's non-endorsement
Lily Mae Lazarus / The Daily Beast:
Ex-WaPo Editor: This Is a Straight Bezos-Trump ‘Quid Pro Quo’
John L. Dorman / Business Insider:
2 new polls show Harris leading Trump as the election nears.  Women continue to propel the VP's candidacy.  — Kamala Harris' strength with female voters is fueling her overall leads in two new national polls.  — A CBS News poll showed Harris up by one point, while an ABC News poll had her ahead by four points.
Discussion: Silver Bulletin and DNyuz
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Adam Wren / Politico:
Trump ad depicts country ‘gone to hell’ — during Trump's presidency  —  Donald Trump's two-minute ad that aired during Sunday's Philadelphia Eagles game and said the country had “gone to hell” during the Biden and Harris administration featured an image from a protest during Trump's presidency, not Biden's.
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Aaron Pellish / CNN:
Harris makes final push to close gap with male voters
Discussion: freebeacon.com
David French / New York Times:
Four Lessons From Nine Years of Being ‘Never Trump’  —  I've been wrong about many things, but here are two of the bigger whiffs of my professional life.  —  I thought Donald Trump wouldn't find any meaningful support in the Republican Party.  I watched his strange campaign announcement …
Discussion: Power Line and Althouse
New York Times:
Advisers Propose That Trump Give Security Clearances Without F.B.I. Vetting  —  A memo circulating in Donald Trump's orbit says that if elected he should use private firms to check appointees' backgrounds and give them immediate access to classified secrets after taking office.
Discussion: Raw Story
emptywheel:
The Media Started Capitulating to Trump with Russia Russia Russia  —  I took a few days to go wander around Paris.  —  In the meantime (as Nicole and I discussed on Friday), the WaPo has subjugated itself to Donald Trump by spiking an endorsement of Kamala Harris.
Emily Goodin / Daily Mail:
Melania Trump stuns Madison Square Garden with her first rally appearance ever to introduce husband Donald  — Elon Musk announced the former first lady, who was not on the list of speakers  — Appearance came as Trump and Harris are running even in the polls
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘Yes, I was in a cult’: J6 rioter backing Harris after admitting being ‘all in with MAGA’  —  As part of interviews with three Donald Trump supporters who headed off to Washington, D.C. to attend the post-election “Stop the Steal” rally, one woman called it the biggest mistake of her life …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump's Dogwhistles Are Unmistakable  —  When someone attacks the messenger rather than the message, they're usually revealing something.  —  Friday night in Austin, Texas, the Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, fiercely criticized The Atlantic's editor in chief …
Molly White / Citation Needed:
I am my own legal department: the promise and peril of “just go independent”  —  Listen to a voiceover of this post, subscribe to the feed in your podcast app, or download the recording for later.  —  When a major legacy news publication does something controversial, I sometimes hear my name.
New York Times:
Pro-Harris Super PAC Raises Concerns About Focusing on Trump and Fascism  —  The group, Future Forward, warned that attacking Donald J. Trump as a fascist or questioning his character or stamina are less effective than highlighting Kamala Harris's proposals.
Discussion: RedState
Dustin Gardiner / Politico:
Will Rollins was written off in 2022.  Now, he could help deliver a Democratic majority.  —  Democratic groups are pouring millions into his rematch against Republican Rep. Ken Calvert in the Palm Springs-area district.  —  PALM SPRINGS, California — The last time Will Rollins took …
Discussion: The Hill
 
 
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NBC News:
Bernie Sanders to voters skipping presidential election over Israel: ‘Trump is even worse’
Discussion: The Hill
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Harris campaigns in Philadelphia neighborhoods
Discussion: Washington Times and NBC News
Trudy Rubin / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump says only he will ‘prevent World War III,’ but his record suggests the opposite
Discussion: Twitchy and Axios
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Amid Talk of Fascism, Trump's Threats and Language Evoke a Grim Past
Laura Thornton / The Hill:
How US election deniers have eroded trust in elections everywhere
Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Georgia prosecutor who brought election case against Trump faces rare Republican challenger
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
To understand the U.S. economic success is to love Harris's plan
Discussion: Baltimore Sun
Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
Florida Democrat Blasts Republican Sen. Rick Scott Over State's Home Insurance Crisis
Jack Queen / Reuters:
Republican battleground-state legal blitz falters ahead of election
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 26, 2024  —  Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets …
Donna Ladd / Mississippi Free Press:
Democracy | As Fascism Looms, the Free Press Must Stand and Report in the Breach
Molly Ball / Wall Street Journal:
America Is Having a Panic Attack Over the Election
Discussion: Election Law Blog
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads
 
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